Siblings – Her Bad Mother

7 Jun

Love Is A Many-Splendored And Sort Of Exhausting Thing

Baby, Emilia, Love, Motherhood, Siblings

A few weeks after I gave birth to Jasper, I wrote this: I do it every night now. When it’s dark, when the rest of the house is asleep, or almost, I untangle my tiny newborn...

57 Comments

10 Jan

You’ve Got Mail

by Catherine

Fatherhood, Siblings, The Husband

From: Her Bad FatherTo: Her Bad MotherDate: Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 1:59 PMSubject: Dude...

0 Comments

1 Dec

Hush

by Catherine

Motherhood, Siblings, Sleep

Stop me if you've heard this one before: I haven't slept in days.Jasper is six months old. He doesn't so much sleep at night as he does snooze and hang out between bouts of...

112 Comments

3 Nov

The Future By Thirds

by Catherine

Mush, Siblings

"What would you think," my husband asked, "if I got a vasectomy?"I put down my magazine and stared out the window. "I think," I said carefully, "that I wouldn't know what to think.""We're done,...

126 Comments

21 Apr

Seconds

by Catherine

Baby, Motherhood, Mush, Pregnancy, Siblings

In four weeks, give or take some days, I will give birth. To a baby. Another one.At this point in my first pregnancy, I was totally prepared for the arrival of the baby and...

80 Comments

19 Nov

Sprout

by Catherine

Baby, Pregnancy, Siblings

Finally, finally, some evidence - for my own eyes - that this pregnancy is more than just nausea and vomiting and unremitting fatigue. Proof that there's a there in there, and that there is...

69 Comments